I sold a slightly thinner slightly narrower one and had a thicker, wider one built. Both were custom. Second one was 25% thicker and 25% wider core. New one is a dual-core, each one 1.25 in. thick, 19in tall, cannot recall core width at present.
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Originally Posted by Ted75zcar
(Post 1557722)
Wait, are you serious!? This radiator doesn't have a drain plug?
Well that sucks, -1 TSE. I will be adding a drain plug, it is an essential feature. Thanks for the heads up! |
Originally Posted by Savington
(Post 1557764)
If you don't use a factory undertray, there's room to put it on the bottom, but if you run the OEM undertray, there's no room there. If you have A/C, there may not be any room on the passenger side either. It's been ~8yrs since those were designed so I don't recall exactly why a drain plug was omitted on the NA in that location (rear-facing, passenger side) but it wasn't a flippant decision.
The dual downward drains on the SM rad are really nice, like so nice that I now consider at least one of them as required. |
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Winter upgrades this year are primarily with all-things-cooling, starting with the TSE radiator. A major refactor of the charge piping was required.
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...f4f6d8a0f6.jpg |
Bumped the first IC stage core volume by 70%. I had 400hp worth of core, by it was distributed between the 1st and 2nd stages. Now going to 600hp+ worth of core volume.
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...5586553b07.jpg https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...29092aed70.jpg |
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When you draw it that way, it looks pretty simple. :D
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Originally Posted by oreo
(Post 1566785)
When you draw it that way, it looks pretty simple. :D
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Figured I would post a 1 year update.... car has been on the road without any issues for coming up on 12 months. It is an absolute delight to drive, smiles/miles is very high. It isn't a particularly high power build with winter trim uncorrected coming in at ~250lbft, 275 hp and summer trim at 300/350 uncorrected. It can at least get out of it's own way.
Plan on dropping a large chunk of change here on cosmetics in the May timeframe. My EGT sensors are starting to fail, so I will need to replace these at some point. |
Delight :)
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Winter trim 3rd gear pull, 25-85mph (6spd, 3.30)
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The madman from Boulder County at it again. I drove this car last fall.... WOW! It was quite the experience!
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Nice start-up.
Post up your tune, and supporting start mods, please. |
Excellent!, thanks for sharing Ted.
Glad to hear things are reliable, however I was not aware that EGT sensors wore out. Out of curiosity, what boost levels represent 250 and 300 ft/lb of torque? |
Thanks all,
Apologies DNM, I don't post my tune(s) in the open forum. Oreo, I get 250lbft at 205kpa on e10, 300lbft at 245kpa on e70. I run conservative timing. I use exposed element EGT sensors. It seems I get about 3 years out of a set. I may try a set of the fully sheathed kind next time. They are a bit of a PITA to replace because they are located on the bottom side of the manifold (whoops). |
Originally Posted by Ted75zcar
(Post 1565433)
Winter upgrades this year are primarily with all-things-cooling, starting with the TSE radiator. A major refactor of the charge piping was required.
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...f4f6d8a0f6.jpg |
Originally Posted by Ted75zcar
(Post 1595630)
Plan on dropping a large chunk of change here on cosmetics in the May timeframe.
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Originally Posted by nick470
(Post 1595740)
What's in the plans for cosmetic work to the car?
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Questions please.
During a transition from off to full throttle, is there a period where you have a slight vacuum between the turbo and super? Is your GTX a gen 2? |
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